Improvement in car-replacers



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UNITED vS'IA'rEs PATENT QEEICE WILLIAM ELMs, oE DOVER, AssIGNoE ToALFRED s. VAENEY, 0E

. oLD TOWN,MAINE.

|MPRovEMENT IN CAR-REPLACERS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 165,082, dated June 29,1875; application filed January 9, 1875.

v Dover, in the county of Piscataquis and State ofMaine, h ave Inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in lVrecking-Blocks forRailroadCars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof,that will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specitication,in Which- Figure l shows a section of my invention as applied to therails; A B, details of the blocks.

My in yention consists of a pair of blocks of peculiar``-"ifcrm forreplacing engines or cars which have run oft" the track. They may beused in any situation where a motive power can be brought to bearnponthe car; and from their peculiar construction the forward motion of thecar also moves it sidewise toward the track.

Referring to the drawing, A shows one of the blocks, beveled upon oneside, b, and also v This block rests upon the sleepers "on the inside ofthe rail, its beveled side next to it, while the end is placed under thewheel of the car. The side b is so cut as to be lower than the top ofthe rail, as

is placed outside of the rail, one end resting on the sleepers, whilethe other or beveled end is placed under .the car-wheel. The rail end ofeach block is placed close to the rail when the car is not too far fromthe track. The blocks being placed in position, the car is moved forwardand rises on the blocks. The side bevel of the block A causes its Wheelto slide as it rises toward the rail until the ange strikes it. Thewheel on the other side follows the height of the block B, causing it topass over the rail, the wheel-harige dropping into place on the inside.When the car is too distant from the track to be replaced i1nmediately,it can be moved toward it by degrees, the blocks being adjusted to drawit toward its proper position until it can be putin place, as described.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The block A in a car-replacingdevice, beveled at one or both ends, and upon one side, b, as describedand shown.

2. A[n combination with said block A, the block B, beveled at one orboth ends, and having its top somewhat higher than the top of the rail,as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that 'I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 5th day of January, 1875.

WILLIAM ELMS.

Witnesses:

WM. FRANKLIN SEAVEY, TLN. FAInBANKs.

